A couple of weekends ago I was out on the GS with “Her Indoors”. It was a fun ride with one or two lifts and a quick dash across a beach, all to much squealing and cursing from behind me. It wasn’t until we were nearly home that I suddenly got shouted at to stop. Apparently the top box and grab rails had become loose and floppy.
After a quick inspection it became apparent that at least bolt had come loose or had snapped. With less than half a mile to go home we carefully carried on and got safely home. That afternoon I stripped for the rear luggage rack, carrier, and the plate under the pillion seat. What I thought was one loose bolt turned out to be three snapped bolts, that’s of a total of five that hold the rack and carrier on the bike – boy am glad they didn’t give way when I was pulling a lift or riding on the stoney beach!!!!
Thanks to Max BMW Motorcycles and their on-line parts fiche system, I was quickly able to track down all the parts that need to do a complete replacement of all the fixings for the carrier and rack:
71607689889 ISA SCREW – M6X25 x2 46547705577 OVAL HEAD SCREW – M6X35 MK0.02 x2 46637684768 BUSH – DI=7 L=8.5 x2 46547688015 BUSH – DI=7 L=9,8 x2 46547684770 ISA SCREW – M6X350.02 x1 07119903791 WASHER – A6,4 x1 46547673774 BUSH – DI=20 DA=300.01 x1 46547673777 BUSH – DI=8 L=5,20.01 x1 46547685249 FOIL LEFT x1 46547685250 FOIL RIGHT x1 46547685251 FILM CENTER x1
A quick call to Jacksons CI and all the parts were on order. I decided to replace all the parts as it became apparent when I looked up the parts on the fiche that some parts didn’t appear to have been fitted when I took the rack appart and there was a fair amount of corrosion. I figured it was better to be safe than sorry.
Finally, for anyone that is thinking of doing any work on a GS, I’d highly recommend bookmarking the Max BMW Parts Fiche. Not only does it make ordering parts simple if you’ve already got the part numbers but it’s also useful when working on the bike as I’ve often found that the Haynes manual diagrams, pictures and descriptions can be a little vague.
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